New Earth: What role does nature play in your music? Deuter: Nature definitely plays an important part in my life and in my music. When I started recording, at the end of the 1960’s, I didn’t record music then; I recorded nature sounds. I went out into nature and recorded the singing of the birds, […]

(October 15, 2014) Now celebrating its 25th year, New Earth Records happily announces an agreement with Boulder, Colorado-based Sounds True to become the independent label’s exclusive distributor in the United States. New Earth Records products will be distributed and marketed by Sounds True beginning October 20, 2014. New Earth Records was founded in September 1989 […]

New Earth: How did this all begin? Deuter: It’s a good question how this all started… When we come into this world, I think that everybody comes with gifts. I was born in Germany after a really, really bad time in Europe; the Second World War was devastating both the people and the country. One […]

Sangita Yoga: Sacred Chants of India A New CD from Naren “Chanting gives expression to the soul’s innate yearning for the Divine. Since ancient times, kirtan has been the cornerstone of the devotional schools of Indian religion, combining the artistry and disciplines of traditional music with the transcendental power of mantra meditation. Kirtan focuses the […]

Deuter – REIKI, HANDS OF LOVE: There are always times when a break from all the great jazz and blues I get in for review is called for… Deuter’s CD release will do just that. Since “touch” is part and parcel of the Reiki practice, it’s totally fitting that the kind of music you hear […]

New Earth: Hi Deuter, please give us an overview of the album “Reiki Hands of Love”, does this follow on from the magnificent “Reiki Hands of Light”? Deuter: Yes it does. We had, I think, quite a success with the first Reiki album. I have always loved the Reiki procedures; I have always felt that […]

The summer solstice is a time we can take to celebrate the light of consciousness within each and every person. It is an annual, natural occurrence that has been celebrated for ages. Many revel in these energies by performing their own sacred ritual or honor it by spending time at a sacred altar. The sun can […]

Special thanks to Xtreme Music for this exclusive online interview! To be able to love and forgive, the first steps are that you need to be conscious. It has to be a conscious step, and to be conscious you need to find a way of to achieve stillness inside yourself. In this world where everything […]

New Earth Records artist Hans Christian to perform at Chartres Cathedral! Cellist and multi-instrumentalist Hans Christian has been invited to play live during a weeklong retreat in Chartres, France July 5-11th, 2015. Hans will perform daily solo concerts at various locations in and around the famous cathedral and is also scheduled to perform daily with […]

New Earth Records is excited to offer its entire music selection on Bandcamp.com, an online streaming source unlike any other. Bandcamp provides the option to download high-quality files in addition to offering and unlimited, free streaming. Users can even gift their favorite music purchases! Casual listeners and audiophiles alike do not have to sacrifice sound […]

Anando, whose name aptly translates to mean bliss in Sanskrit, uses her tranquil voice to guide the listener through a healing visualization. Friendly and warm, her voice sounds like the ideal combination of friend, teacher, and mother. Rather than deal with forgiveness, Anando deals only with the repercussions of personal pain and how to heal […]

Deuter is the seminal new age musician. Also a Reiki practitioner, Deuter has followed up his popular Reiki Hands of Light album with a new recording, Reiki Hands of Love. The album is inspired by the loving and healing aspects of touch, and created to be both an enjoyable listening experience and the perfect backdrop […]

This for me is a great honour; this is a moment to savour and a moment to remember forever, as I sit here in total peace and bliss, listening to Reiki Hands of Love by an artist I have long admired as a listener and as a Reiki Teacher and healer myself. I first came […]

As with all music created by Deuter, it is magnificent; whether it is gentle and melodious or more energetic, it reaches out to touch the soul, to heal, to bring peace, comfort and tranquility to the listener. Reiki Hands of Love can be likened to silk on the skin, a deeply sensuous feel which engages […]

Bhikkhu Schober, the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of New Earth Records, currently resides in the beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Five years ago, he had a massive heart attack which immensely effected his life and caused his kidney to begin to fail. For nearly three years now, Bhikkhu has been on peritoneal home dialysis. Despite these tough circumstances, […]

Flautist and composer Terry Oldfield and his wife, Australian born Soraya Saraswati, have spent years traveling across the globe, giving workshops that combine music with meditation and holistic healing. Dancing Through the Chakras is a single-track CD, a long, beautiful path to the ecstasy of increased mind-body-spirit awareness through dance and focus on our bodies’ […]

Sangita Yoga is a musical offering of Naren’s soulful voice chanting sacred Indian texts, together with his original raga-based compositions that feature guest musicians on sarangi, tabla, santoor, violin and cello. Now Available!

By my (informal) count, Sweet Awakenings is multi-instrumentalist Terry Oldfield’s 50th release! He has recorded in so many styles of music that he must be considered one of the most versatile artists in the New Age music genre. On Sweet Awakenings, he emphasizes his flutes, particularly his silver flute, but also bansuri and pan pipes, […]

Deuter is the seminal new age musician. Also a Reiki practitioner, Deuter has followed up his popular Reiki Hands of Light album with a new recording, Reiki Hands of Love. The album is inspired by the loving and healing aspects of touch, and created to be both an enjoyable listening experience and the perfect backdrop […]

Crystal Chakra Healing features specially selected crystal bowls played by one of seven people featured on the recording (the first seven tracks are the chakras themselves, e.g. root, heart, throat) while the final track unites all the chakra aligned crystal bowls played by the participants. Very much a purely meditative recording (as opposed to some […]